COLA – the first big political lie of 2014

Military Retirees, including service disabled retired veterans, were told in December that the first thing Congress would do when back in session in January would be to rectify the 1 percent COLA cut until age of 62 for retirees as part of their budget “deal.”

Liberal progressives screamed about the unemployment insurance extension, which is also a $6 billon price tag. Guess what garnered President Obama’s and Senator Harry Reid’s attention?

In the Republican-led House, their attention was focused on passing an Obamacare security transparency measure, which, as usual, will go nowhere unfortunately.

Meet Allen West

Allen West was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia in the same neighborhood where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once preached. He is the third of four generations of military servicemen in his family.

During his 22 year career in the United States Army, Lieutenant Colonel West served in several combat zones: in Operation Desert Storm, in Operation Iraqi Freedom, where he was a Battalion Commander in the Army’s 4th Infantry Division, and later in Afghanistan.